The Gary Snyder Show

The Gary Snyder Show on 1400 WBAT - Where Indiana talks politics!

The Gary Snyder Show on 1400 WBAT - Where Indiana talks politics!

Monday - 3:07:  Jim Shella, WISH -TV political reporter and host/producer of Emmy-nominated "This Week in Indiana";  4:07:  Abby Phillip, Money & Politics reporter for Politico.com; 5:35: N. Scott Jones, President of N. Scott Jones & Associates Inc.,

Tuesday - 3:35:  Pete Seat, Indiana GOP Communications Director and publisher of TheFrontRowSeat.com;  4:35:  Brian Howey, publisher of Howeypolitics.com

Wednesday - 3:35:  Kip Tew, former Indiana State Democratic Chairman; 4:35: Chris Barron, co-founder of GOProud and publisher of TheRealRedBarron.com, talks everything politics and Pens. Pirates & Steelers!

Thursday - 3:35: Mike O'Brien, publisher of Capital & Washington;  4:35: Abdul Hakim-Shabazz, publisher of IndyPolitics.org;  5:35: Dan Parker, Indiana State Democratic Chairman

HELP Chris Barron Race for the Cure!

Chris Barron:  My sister in law lost her battle to breast cancer at 26. Please give TODAY, any amount, to make sure we find a cure for this disease! Please GIVE!

In 2001, 25 year old Heather Gardner rolled over in bed, her elbow touching a lump in her breast that developed overnight. That day, Heather's OB/GYN sent her home, telling her women her age didn't get breast cancer. A biopsy days later diagnosed this 25 year old with Stage III Breast Cancer - a cancer most likely 10 years in the making - and immediately thrust Heather and her family into the dark journey all breast cancer survivors must face.

 

17 months later, Heather Gardner, a newlywed now, lost her battle to the cancer her mother survived years before.

 

In 2001, Heather's brother, Shawn Gardner, formed Team Heather, in the Global Race for the Cure, to support and empower his sister in her fight. Since Heather's death, the efforts of Team Heather have raised over $385,000 for underserved women who would not be able to afford breast cancer screenings and treatments otherwise. These efforts have garnered significant media attention on TV, over the radio, in print, and with an entire chapter in Ambassador Nancy Brinker's best-selling memoir, "Promise Me."

Make an Impact!

Click >>> HERE<<< to donate today!

Indiana Governor Poll

Online Surveys & Market Research

Horning Takes Memorial Day Weekend Online US Senate Poll

Andrew Horning, Libertarian candidate for Indiana's US Senate seat won our Memorial Day Weekend Online US Senate Poll with Democrat Joe Donnelly coming in second and Tea Party Richard coming in a distance third.  Obviously our poll is not scientific at all but we did come in with almost 600 votes.

If the 2012 Election for U.S. Senate were held today would you vote for?

Richard said what?

Editor's note: The Democrats have constructed the new website below to highlight Richards morre famous extreme rants as he trys to scrub his website of the material

Richard Mourdock scrubbed his campaign website of materials linking him to the radical cuts to Medicare and Social Security and his claim that the Chrysler rescue was a "sham." The scrub was so thorough that even his announcement speech has apparently been deemed too controversial for public viewing and removed.

Richard Mourdock's Disappearing Website

Sen. Lugar not planning "active" campaign for Mourdock

(CBS News) In his first interview since he lost his primary earlier this month, Indiana Republican Senator Richard Lugar said he had no plans to campaign for Richard Mourdock, who beat him.

"For the time being, I don't plan an active campaign," Lugar said on "Face the Nation."

The 80-year old lawmaker, known for reaching a landmark post-Cold War agreement on weapons reductions with Russia, has served in the Senate for 36 years. He lost to Tea-Party backed State Treasuere Richard Mourdock by 20 percent during the May 8 primary. 

Lugar told host Bob Schieffer that Republican voters in Indiana wrote off the need for bipartisanship.

Continue reading Sen. Lugar not planning "active" campaign for Mourdock

Updated: Far right goes after another talk show host!

Yes, the far right social zealots are going after another radio talk show host, and this time it's not me.  How can we forget the attempt by Monica Boyer, Greg Fettig and the rest of their "God's Warriors" minions threatening to get me off the air.  Since that didn't work out, now they are going after Gregg Henson, the new 3-6 guy on WOWO. 

Greg replaced the far social right-wing favorite Pat Miller on the 3-6 slot on WOWO about a month or two ago (not sure, I'm on at the same time). I do listen to other talk radio programs when I'm preempted by the Cubs over the summer and could not stomach Pat Miller, although I think Gregg does a good job.  Anyway, Monica wants Greg Henson off the air and writes this on Facebook:

Indiana Senate: Mourdock (R) 42%, Donnelly (D) 42%

Editor's note:  This reflects an earlier poll and while this was conducted online, Rasmussen is a favorite of the right and very accurate.  And come on Rasmussen, include Libertarian Andrew Horning!

Rasmussen Reports’ first look at the U.S. Senate race in Indiana shows Democratic Congressman Joe Donnelly and Tea Party-backed Treasurer Richard Mourdock in a tie.

Both men draw 42% support from Likely Voters in Indiana, according to a new statewide survey. Two percent (2%) prefer some other candidate while 14% are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

 Continue reading Indiana Senate: Mourdock (R) 42%, Donnelly (D) 42%

Is Richard Mourdock now trying to become Sharon Angle?

INDIANAPOLIS-- TEA Party State Treasurer Richard Mourdock entered a third day of controversy over his attempt to scrub his website of controversial statements as Indiana Democrats attacked his support of the radical “cut, cap, and balance” plan.  The plan, advocated for by many TEA Party groups, would force draconian cuts on the federal budget, including 25% cuts on Medicare and Social Security.  Prior to the Republican primary, Mourdock proudly touted his support for “Cut, Cap, and Balance” but today, visitors to that page on his website are told that access has been denied.  Mourdock’s site appears to no longer mention the plan at all.

At the time, Mourdock said in an interview that he would co-sponsor the bill, and that “The political maneuvering in Washington is childish and should be embarrassing to us as a nation.  It’s time to end this game of financial chicken where each side keeps daring the other to make a true commitment as to where and how cuts and caps should be implemented.”  Mourdock would later call for less bipartisanship and more confrontation in Washington.  

Meghan McCain is Wrong About Andrew Breitbart

Joint Statement of GOProud Co-Founders Christopher R. Barron (Gary Snyder Show contributor) and Jimmy LaSalvia

(Washington, D.C.) – Last night on the Reverend Al Sharpton Show on MSNBC, Meghan McCain referred to the late Andrew Breitbart as an “extremist” and accused him of engaging in “hate” politics, claiming he played on people’s “fears.” In response, Christopher R. Barron and Jimmy LaSalvia, co-founders of GOProud – a national organization of gay and straight Americans seeking to promote freedom by supporting free markets, limited government, and a respect for individual rights – issued the following statement:

“Meghan McCain should be absolutely ashamed of herself. She went on a liberal network with a liberal host and demonized Andrew Breitbart. During his life, Andrew Breitbart did more for gay people, and showed more political courage on behalf of gay people, than Meghan McCain could ever dream of.

Mourdock caught doing a virtual shredding of his website

WRTV 6 did a good piece on Mourdock trying to hide his extreme TEA Party past.  This piece does feature Gary Snyder Show contributors Dan parker and Pete Seat.

Gary Johnson, Peace is Cheaper

O'Brien, Abdul & Parker on The Gary Snyder Show on 1400 WBAT

A packed line-up of your favorite (and not so favorite0 pundits Thursday on The Gary Snyder Show on 1400 WBAT from 3-6 pm:

3:35 - Mike O'Brien, Hendricks County GOP Chair, give us the latest political perspective from the Republican side of the aisle.

Mike OBrien 5-24

4:35 - Abdul Hakim-Shabazz, publisher of IndyPolitics.org, gives us the latest from the Indiana political grapevine.

Abdul 5-24

5:35 - Ben Ray, Indiana Democratic Press Secretary, chimes in on the Lt. Governor picks.

 Ben Ray 5-24

Mourdock scrubs website of Chrysler record

Candidate Sued To Force Liquidation, Called Rescue a “Sham”

INDIANAPOLIS-- Indiana Democrats continued to focus on TEA Party State Treasurer Richard Mourdock’s attempt to scrub his website of controversial statements including a defense of his attempt to force Chrysler into liquidation.  Before the May 8 primary, Mourdock’s site called Chrysler’s rescue a “shell game” and “sham,” claiming that “no law can be cited to justify what happened.”  Visitors to that page are now greeted with headline reading “access denied.”

Mourdock spent nearly $3 Million taxpayer dollars drawn from pension funds of teachers and police officers in his attempt to force Chrysler into liquidation and has refused to provide itemized receipts of the cost or any proof that the lawsuit was not politically motivated.  Mourdock previously claimed that the lawsuit provided him with political benefits and has used his opposition to the auto industry in fundraising in the past.

Mourdock’s attempt to hide his primary campaign from Hoosier voters echoes another TEA Party candidate, Sharron Angle of Nevada.  In 2010 Angle took down her entire website in the hours following her primary victory and subsequently pursued legal action to force a pre-scrub copy off of the web.

The forging of the gender trend line

By Brian Howey

NASHVILLE, Ind. - It was, utterly, one of the most painful political episodes I have ever had to watch as a political writer.

State Sen. Vi Simpson was seeking the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 2003. A straw poll had been set up for the annual Indiana Democratic Editorial Association shindig at French Lick on Aug. 23. Simpson’s opponent, former Indiana and Democratic National Chair Joe Andrew, fresh off naming millionaire Bren Simon as his running mate a month earlier, paid more than $50,000 to bring more than a thousand United Auto Workers into the rally.

When Andrew and Simpson presented their case, she was treated with epic rudeness, despite her long record in the Senate as a faithful labor advocate. She pulled out of the straw poll, saying, “I ask for your support, not today, but in May, when it counts.”

Andrew won the straw poll, 595 to 27, and he would say, “We carried 94 percent of the vote. That’s not divisive. Fifty-fifty would have been divisive. I’ve often said this campaign is a journey, and today makes it clear that it is a journey that Bren Simon and I won’t be making alone.”

Obama blasts Romeny for being out of touch, so how does Romney respond?

Funny portion of a video from The Daily RunDown with Chuck Todd today.  President Obama blasts Romney for being out of touch and giving economic text book responses.  Clssic Romeny response and why he will lose in November!

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy